Job
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Job is a biblical figure renowned for his unwavering faith and patience amid extreme suffering, as depicted in the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Job canonical | 6 |
| Job (biblical figure) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9168248 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Job Context triple: [Ayyub, nameInEnglish, Job]
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A.
Job
Job is a religious-themed painting by French artist Léon Bonnat depicting the biblical figure Job in a moment of intense suffering and spiritual trial.
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B.
Job
"Job" is a choral-orchestral work by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies, reflecting his distinctive modernist style and often drawing on religious and dramatic themes.
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C.
Hiob
Hiob is the surname of Hanne Hiob, a German actress and daughter of the playwright Bertolt Brecht.
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D.
The Job
The Job is a film featuring actor John Ortiz in a significant role.
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E.
The Job
The Job is a television series produced by DreamWorks Television, best known as a darkly comedic workplace drama centered on the personal and professional struggles of its main characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Job Target entity description: Job is a biblical figure renowned for his unwavering faith and patience amid extreme suffering, as depicted in the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament.
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A.
Job
Job is a religious-themed painting by French artist Léon Bonnat depicting the biblical figure Job in a moment of intense suffering and spiritual trial.
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B.
Job
"Job" is a choral-orchestral work by British composer Peter Maxwell Davies, reflecting his distinctive modernist style and often drawing on religious and dramatic themes.
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C.
Hiob
Hiob is the surname of Hanne Hiob, a German actress and daughter of the playwright Bertolt Brecht.
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D.
The Job
The Job is a film featuring actor John Ortiz in a significant role.
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E.
The Job
The Job is a television series produced by DreamWorks Television, best known as a darkly comedic workplace drama centered on the personal and professional struggles of its main characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical figure
ⓘ
human ⓘ prophet in Islam ⓘ |
| afflictedBy | Satan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
theodicy
ⓘ
wisdom literature ⓘ |
| biblicalBook | Book of Job NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| experiences |
questioning of divine justice
ⓘ
severe physical suffering ⓘ social isolation ⓘ |
| hasFriend | Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFriends |
Bildad the Shuhite
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eliphaz the Temanite NERFINISHED ⓘ Zophar the Naamathite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasQuality |
God-fearing
ⓘ
blameless ⓘ righteous ⓘ shuns evil ⓘ upright ⓘ |
| hasRole | central character of the Book of Job ⓘ |
| honoredIn |
Christianity
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Judaism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFrom | Book of Job NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintains | faith in God ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Quran
ⓘ
Septuagint NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanakh NERFINISHED ⓘ Vulgate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
endurance amid extreme suffering
ⓘ
patience in suffering ⓘ unwavering faith in God ⓘ |
| partOf |
Christian Old Testament
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| questions | problem of suffering ⓘ |
| receives |
divine speeches from the whirlwind
ⓘ
long life ⓘ new children ⓘ restoration of fortunes ⓘ |
| referencedAs | example of perseverance ⓘ |
| referencedIn | Epistle of James NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rewardedBy | God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| speaksTo | God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
innocent suffering
ⓘ
patience ⓘ steadfast faith ⓘ |
| testedBy | God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| undergoes |
loss of children
ⓘ
loss of health ⓘ loss of wealth ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Job Description of subject: Job is a biblical figure renowned for his unwavering faith and patience amid extreme suffering, as depicted in the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ayyub
subject surface form:
Ayyub
subject surface form:
Job (painting)
this entity surface form:
Job (biblical figure)